Biology:Hermippus (spider)
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Hermippus Simon, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893
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| Diversity | |
| 12 species | |
Hermippus is a genus of ant eating spiders in the family Zodariidae, containing twelve species restricted to Asia and parts of Africa.[1] Three new species were discovered in 2014.[2][3][4][5]
Species
- Hermippus affinis Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia, Somalia
- Hermippus arcus Jocqué, 1989 — Tanzania
- Hermippus arjuna (Gravely, 1921) — India
- Hermippus cruciatus Simon, 1905 — India, Sri Lanka
- Hermippus gavi Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
- Hermippus globosus Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
- Hermippus inflexus Sankaran et al., 2014 — India
- Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893 — Central, Southern Africa
- Hermippus minutus Jocqué, 1986 — Zimbabwe
- Hermippus schoutedeni Lessert, 1938 — Kenya
- Hermippus septemguttatus Lawrence, 1942 — South Africa
- Hermippus tenebrosus Jocqué, 1986 — South Africa
References
- ↑ "Gen. Hermippus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3842/Hermippus.
- ↑ Sankaran, PM; Jobi, MJ; Joseph, MM; Sebastian, PA (2014). "On the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae, Zodariinae) in India with the description of three new species from the Western Ghats and proposing a new biogeographical hypothesis for the distribution of the genus.". Zootaxa 3893 (1): 114–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.5. PMID 25544514.
- ↑ Jocqué, R. (1986). "A revision of the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae)". Journal of Natural History 20: 7–22. doi:10.1080/00222938600770021.
- ↑ "SH Team Spots Four New Species Of Spiders In Western Ghats". New Indian Express. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2014/12/02/SH-Team-Spots-Four-New-Species-Of-Spiders-In-Western-Ghats/article2551475.ece.
- ↑ Jocque, R. (Koninklijk Museum Voor Midden-Afrika (1988). "A new African species and other new records of Hermippus (Araneae Zodariidae) [1988"]. Biologisch Jaarboek - Dodonaea (Belgium). http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=BE9000013. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q2026283 entry
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